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D-Index
51
Citations
13398
World Ranking
3781
National Ranking
1107

Jon E. Olson publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jon E. Olson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 144 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Jon E. Olson D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jon E. Olson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jon E. Olson is a researcher affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their work focuses extensively on areas within engineering and earth and planetary sciences, contributing to both theoretical and applied aspects of these fields.

The primary fields of study for Olson include:

  • Engineering
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broader categories, their research delves into several specialized subfields:

  • Ocean Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Geophysics
  • Environmental Engineering

Olson has contributed to multiple main topics of research, including:

  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geophysical Methods and Applications
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Groundwater Flow and Contamination Studies

Their publication record features papers in various scientific venues, highlighting contributions to conference proceedings and journals related to geophysics and engineering.

Frequent publication venues include:

  • SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Engineering Fracture Mechanics
  • Proceedings of the 8th Unconventional Resources Technology Conference
  • Geoenergy Science and Engineering

Coauthors who have collaborated with Olson frequently are:

  • Hunjoo P. Lee
  • Peter Hennings
  • Stephen E. Laubach
  • Scott Staniewicz
  • Jingyi Chen

Some of Olson's recent papers are:

  • "InSAR Reveals Complex Surface Deformation Patterns Over an 80,000 km2 Oil-Producing Region in the Permian Basin" (2020), Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Apparent fracture toughness for LEFM applications in hydraulic fracture modeling" (2020), Engineering Fracture Mechanics
  • "Auto-Optimization of Hydraulic Fracturing Design with Three-Dimensional Fracture Propagation in Naturally Fractured Multi-Layer Formations" (2020), Proceedings of the 8th Unconventional Resources Technology Conference
  • "Orientation prediction of fracture initiation from perforated horizontal wells: Application in shale reservoirs" (2020), Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • "Subsurface deformation monitoring with InSAR and elastic inversion modeling in west Texas" (2023), Geoenergy Science and Engineering

Best Publications

  • Natural fractures in shale: A review and new observations

    Julia F. W. Gale;Stephen E. Laubach;Jon E. Olson;Peter Eichhubl

  • Characteristics and origins of coal cleat: A review

    S.E Laubach;R.A Marrett;J.E Olson;A.R Scott

  • Numerical Modeling of Multistranded-Hydraulic-Fracture Propagation: Accounting for the Interaction Between Induced and Natural Fractures

    Arash Dahi-Taleghani;Jon E. Olson

  • Mechanical and fracture stratigraphy

    Stephen E. Laubach;Jon E. Olson;Michael R. Gross

  • Simultaneous Multifracture Treatments: Fully Coupled Fluid Flow and Fracture Mechanics for Horizontal Wells

    Kan Wu;Jon E Olson

  • Natural fracture characterization in tight gas sandstones: Integrating mechanics and diagenesis

    Jon E. Olson;Stephen E. Laubach;Robert H. Lander

  • Predicting fracture swarms -- the influence of subcritical crack growth and the crack-tip process zone on joint spacing in rock

    Jon E. Olson

  • Modeling simultaneous growth of multiple hydraulic fractures and their interaction with natural fractures

    Jon Edward Olson;Arash Dahi Taleghani

  • Inferring paleostresses from natural fracture patterns; a new method

    Jon Olson;David D. Pollard

  • Sublinear scaling of fracture aperture versus length: An exception or the rule?

    Jon E. Olson

  • Experimental models of extensional forced folds

    Martha Oliver Withjack;Jon Olson;Eric Peterson

  • Multi-fracture propagation modeling: Applications to hydraulic fracturing in shales and tight gas sands

    J.E. Olson

  • Are open fractures necessarily aligned with maximum horizontal stress

    Stephen E Laubach;Jon E Olson;Julia F.W Gale

  • Joint pattern development: Effects of subcritical crack growth and mechanical crack interaction

    Jon E. Olson

  • How Natural Fractures Could Affect Hydraulic-Fracture Geometry

    Arash Dahi Taleghani;Jon E. Olson

  • Combining Outcrop Data and Three-Dimensional Structural Models to Characterize Fractured Reservoirs: An Example from Wyoming

    Peter H. Hennings;Jon E. Olson;Laird B. Thompson

  • The Role of Chemistry in Fracture Pattern Development and Opportunities to Advance Interpretations of Geological Materials

    Stephen E. Laubach;R. H. Lander;L.J. Criscenti;Lawrence M. Anovitz

  • Numerical Analysis for Promoting Uniform Development of Simultaneous Multiple-Fracture Propagation in Horizontal Wells

    Kan Wu;Jon Olson;Matthew T. Balhoff;Wei Yu

  • The initiation and growth of en échelon veins

    Jon E. Olson;David D. Pollard

  • Stress magnitudes from logs: Effects of tectonic strains and temperature

    Tom L. Blanton;Jon E. Olson

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen E. Laubach
Stephen E. Laubach The University of Texas at Austin
Richard A. Schultz
Richard A. Schultz The University of Texas at Austin
Peter Eichhubl
Peter Eichhubl The University of Texas at Austin
Maša Prodanović
Maša Prodanović The University of Texas at Austin
Matthew T. Balhoff
Matthew T. Balhoff The University of Texas at Austin
David D. Pollard
David D. Pollard Stanford University
Randall Marrett
Randall Marrett The University of Texas at Austin
Wei Yu
Wei Yu The University of Texas at Austin
Cliff Frohlich
Cliff Frohlich The University of Texas at Austin
Ellen M. Rathje
Ellen M. Rathje The University of Texas at Austin

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